Aimed to expedite and set up a proper ratio of expenditure coming on railway projects running in Jharkhand, the State Government would ink an MoU with the Rail Ministry to form a joint venture company. The Cabinet on Tuesday approved the draft of the agreement to be signed soon.
The draft of the MoU says that State and Rail Ministry would share the cost coming on any railway project on 51:49 basis besides, other conditionality.
“The Cabinet has approved Rs 200 crore as initial share capital for the Joint Venture. The company can form a special purpose vehicle (SPV) in future to complete any given railway project. This would also fix share of the State Government in every upcoming project which was not the case before,” said SS Meena, Cabinet Secretary informing about the decision.
The Cabinet also decided to include all widows over 18 years of age under social security scheme. Every such woman would be eligible to get widow pension of Rs 600 per month irrespective of her economic status. “The Vidhwa Samman Yojna would cover all widows and the Cabinet has removed BPl barrier for getting benefits under the scheme. During the 2016-17 financial year, one lakh such women would be given pension under the scheme,” said Meena.
Besides, the Government has decided to encourage innovative ideas and rolled out two schemes for their promotion. Under Mukhya Mantri Abhinav Puraskar Yojna, any suggestion would be awarded with Rs 21,000 if it is selected and included into the Budget. The persons whose ideas are not selected but proved to be useful would be given Rs 10,000.
Also, CM Abhinav Pilot Yojna is for every district in which one innovative idea would be promoted as a model project. Rs two crore would be given as maximum contribution by the Government for making it a reality. The project would have to be approved by Scheme Approval Committees. Maximum 100 awards under both the categories would be given within a year, said the Secretary.
The Cabinet also modified guidelines meant for toilet building under the Swachh Bharat Mission. Now, prior approval of Gram Sabha would not be required for selecting beneficiaries. At the same time, four volunteers for every Panchayat Secretariat would be appointed of which one would necessarily be woman. In the scheduled districts one person belonging to ST community would remain in the team. The volunteers between 18-35 age group would be resident of local panchayat with matriculation as minimum qualification.
Kabbadi player Vindyavasini is to be given Rs 5.83 lakh more taking the total award money to her Rs 10 lakh. Similarly, another sportsperson Archana Kumari has been given Rs 5 lakh under the sports promotion scheme.